Peter Hunnisett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Just a question. With the wine server running as a linux kernel module
> would we be able to support native VxDs? I'll be honest that I don't
> understand the transition between rings but I'm guessing that it must
> involve a trap of some descript which could then be passed off to the
> kernel module to run in a more priviledged mode.
It _might_ be possible to extend the kernel module to provide DDK APIs for VxD
and NT drivers (more so for the latter case), but it probably wouldn't be
easy. Certainly, the kernel module would be able to provide handle support,
registry access, etc., but not swappable kernel memory for now.
I have wondered myself about what'd be necessary to support NT/W2K display
drivers in the Linux kernel, as that might make it possible to build XFree86
around them.
David Howells
